BASTIAN OBERMAYER TEENTALK

The Panama Papers

22/03/20185:15 pm - 6:30 pm

Bastian Obermayer is the prize-winning investigative reporter who brought to light some of the biggest leaks in the history of journalism.

He is responsible for uncovering the hidden truths behind the Panama Papers, the Offshore Leaks, Nazi war crimes, and more. How does he do it? Listen to him and be introduced into the world of secrecy, suspicions and scandal.

Join us at Muntpunt Library for this unmissable insight into the stories that shook the world.

5:15 – 6:30 PM FULL CIRCLE TeenTalk

Listen, chat and debate with Bastian Obermayer and other teens at this Full Circle TeenTalk.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

BASTIAN OBERMAYER is a Pulitzer prize winning investigative reporter and deputy head of the investigative unit of the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung. He was the first person contacted by the Panama Papers whistleblower “John Doe”. Together with his colleague Frederik Obermaier he broke the story about the leak. He has previously investigated Nazi war criminals, serial killers and sexual abuse in Catholic boarding schools, and has later coordinated the investigative work of the Offshore Leaks and Panama Papers teams. He is the author and editor of several books, including the bestseller about the Panama Papers, which has been translated in 14 languages.
He has received numerous honors for his work, including the Theodor-Wolff-Preis in 2009, the Henri-Nannen-Preis in 2010 and 2017, the Helmut-Schmidt-Preis in 2013, 2014 and 2016, the Deutscher Reporterpreis in 2016, the George Polk award, the Barlett & Steele award, the Perfil award and, also as part of ICIJ’s Panama-Papers-team, the Pulitzer Prize 2017 in the category “Explanatory Reporting”. He was also voted, together with his colleagues Frederik Obermaier and Vanessa Wormer, “German Journalist of the Year 2016” as well as “German Business Journalist of the Year” 2014.In 2016 Bastian Obermayer was awarded the prestigious Knight Wallace Fellowship of the University of Michigan.

GOOD READSThe Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money (2016), Letters From the Front – German Soldiers Tell About the War in Afghanistan (2016), God is Yellow (2014), Brother, What Have You Done (2011).

Full Circle TeenTalks are an opportunity for young audiences (aged 14-18yrs) to interact – listen and talk – with inspiring and innovative thinkers and do-ers from around the world, on subjects relevant to you, in a relaxed context.